Tess Stapleton_BD_100723_2351

TFRRS Performance Profile

Career Accolades

  • USTFCCCA All-Academic (2024)
  • Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (winter 2024; spring 2023, 2024)

As a Junior (2024)
Outdoors

  • Including indoors and outdoors and wind-aided, set personal records 16 times in 2024
  • In 2024, jumped into Stanford's all-time top-10 lists in three outdoor events and one indoor
  • Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the long jump, 200, and 4x100 relay
  • Set personal bests three times in the 100 hurdles
  • Best 100 hurdles time of 13.47, at the Mt. SAC Relays, ranks her No. 4 all-time at Stanford
  • Set two PB's in the long jump, with a third wind-aided
  • Best wind-allowable jump was 20-7 1/4 (6.28) to win the Big Meet
  • The distance places Stapleton at No. 9 on Stanford's all-time outdoor list
  • Ran leadoff on 4x100 team that won the Payton Jordan Invite in  44.01, the No. 3 time in school history
  • Won the 4x100 in the Big Meet
  • Ran the 200 three times, setting PB's each time, though each was wind-aided, including 23.33 at the NCAA West Prelims
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

  • Breakout season included three long-jump personal bests
  • The longest, 20-3 (6.17), won the Ken Shannon Invitational
  • Set personal bests in the 60 hurdles three times
  • The fastest was 8.31 at the Ken Shannon Invite, placing her No. 3 on Stanford's all-time indoor list
  • Ran a 200 PB in 24.27 
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll   

As a Sophomore (2023)
Outdoors

  • Won the Payton Jordan Invitational long jump at a season-best 19-8 (5.99)
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

  • Did not compete

As a Freshman (2022)
Outdoors

  • Placed 13th in the long jump at the Pac-12 Championships

Indoors

  • Third in the UW Indoor Preview 60 hurdles in 8.68
  • The time placed her No. 9 on Stanford's all-time list and No. 3 on the freshmen list
  • Also had season best long jump of 18-9 3/4 (5.73m) at the UW Indoor Preview, in her collegiate debut

Prior to Stanford

  • Connecticut's 2020 Gatorade Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year
  • Won the 55 hurdles in 7.88 at the 2020 New England High School Indoor Championships, setting a state record
  • Also won the long jump (19-6 1/2) at the 2020 New England Indoor Championships
  • Lifetime long jump best of 19-8 ¼ (6.00m) was No. 7 indoors among the nation’s high schoolers in 2020-21
  • Won the long jump and 55 hurdles at the Connecticut Class LL indoor and the State Open championships
  • In 2019, won the long jump and the 100 hurdles outdoors at the State Open, the latter in 14.10w
  • Holder of 13 Fairfield Ludlowe school records and two state records

Personal

  • Sister, Tia, is a jumper at Clemson
  • Co-founder of the "Songs for Smiles" troupe, which performed musical shows for special needs groups around Fairfield

Career Results

Year Season (Meets) Event Season Best Conf. Region NCAA
2024 Outdoors (7) LJ 20-8 1/2w, 20-7 1/4 5 (19-6 3/4) 27 (20-8 1/2w) --
    100 H 13.47 11 (13.71) -- --
    200 23.33w -- 35 (23.33w) --
    4x100 44.01 6 (44.48) 20 (44.55) --
  Indoors (7) LJ 20-3 (6.17) -- -- --
    60 H 8.31 -- -- --
    200 24.27 -- -- --
    4x400 3:46.74 -- -- --
2023 Outdoors (5) LJ 19-8 (5.99) 12 (19-4 1/4w) -- --
  Indoors (0) -- -- -- -- --
2022 Outdoors (2) LJ 18-8 (5.69) 13 (18-8) -- --
  Indoors (3) 60 H 8.68 -- -- --
    LJ 18-9 3/4 (5.73) -- -- --
Stapleton_Tess
2022-23
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Tess_Stapleton_100422_MG_0088_cpHpk
2023-24
Jumps/Hurdles